answer to the recalcitrant committee chair who asks, ‘‘What’s in it for me?’’ During
1993, for example, President Clinton oVered inducements to many congressional
Democrats to gain their support for controversial proposals such as his deWcitreduction
plan and the North American Free Trade Agreement. This kind of political
power is at its core transactional and rests on the supply of tradeable resources at an
oYcial’s disposal.